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10.00 am Hourly Doom

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    10.00 am Hourly Doom

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7534487.stm

    Deutsche Bank has written down another 2.7bn euros ($3.6bn; £1.8bn) between April and June, taking its credit crunch bill to more than 7bn euros.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7534428.stm

    UK banking group HBOS has seen profits before tax fall 72% in the first six months of the year, amid a credit crisis and a tougher economic climate.

    The firm said first-half profits dropped to £848m from £2.96bn in the same period a year earlier.

    Bad debts rose 36% to £1.31bn as customers failed to repay loans.


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    So those poor bankers only made half-year profits of £848 million. Who feels sorry for them?

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      Originally posted by oracleslave View Post
      So those poor bankers only made half-year profits of £848 million. Who feels sorry for them?
      That's not even going to cover their bar bills is it?

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